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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-01-21; City Council; Minutesb) I 6- 9- a v-4 a9 e, ?q 2 10- I - - -4 - 1- 2- 3- 4- a) I b3 .. 7 Baird absent. Ordinance Mo, 9083 adopted, 2 for gasoline. bids with San Diego count^. Proposed Resolution No. 331 was presented to the Council for their review, authorizing the County of San Diego, the City of San Diego and the San Diego ! Wnified School Dist- rict, to include the City of Carlsbad in a joint request for quotakions on the purchase of gasoline, It was moved by Cmn, Robinson and seconded by Cmn, Helton that Resolution No. 331 be adopted, Four ayes, Can, Baird absent. Resolution No, 331 adopted. NEW BUSINESSc The City Manager informed the Council that he wished to take one week of his vacation the last, week in January, commencing January 27, 1958,. through January 3.1, 1958, and asked for their consent. He requested that Jack Y. Kubota act as City Manager pro tern during such period. By mutual consent the Coun- cil agreed to this request. PAYMENT OF BILLS AND RATIFICATION OF PAYROLL8 CM. Robinson moved authorization of payment of bills from De- cember 17, 1957, to January 7, 1958, in the amount of $27,987..53, as certified by the Director of Finance and approved by the Aud- 'iting Committee. Seconded by Crnn. Helton, All ayes, motion carried .- Cmn. Robinson moved ratification of the payroll for the second half of December, 1957, in the-amount of $8,693.76, as certified by the Director of Finance and approved by the Auditing Commit- tee. Seconded by Cmn. Helton. All ayes, motion carried. ADJOURNMENT8 By proper 'motion the meeting was adjourned at 11:ZO P, M. Respectfully submitted, A """"""""" "-" MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL January 21, 1958 The meeting was called to order at 7:OO P, M. by Mayor Castorena. Present besides the Mayor were Councilmen Ledgerwood, Robinson Engineer Kubot a. Invocation was offered by Father Lockerby of St. Michaelcs Epis- copal Church. ' and Helton; City Manager Nelson, City Attorney Smith and City It was moved by Cmn. Ledgerwood and seconded by-Cmn. Helton that the minutes of January 7, 1958, be approved as submitted, All ayes, motion carried. WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE: A formal notice was read wherein the Public Utilities Consmission has set the date for hearing on the San Diego Gas G Electric Com- pany rate increase request for Piarch 3, 1958. The Mayor informed the Council that at the last nieeting of the Mayors the matter had been discussed, The City of San Diego had instructed their attorney to look into the matter. It was the decision of the Mayors that they would await the decision of the . City of San Diego as to their intention, and Mr.' "Les Earnest would communicate with the various cities in order for the City Attorneys to meet and discuss the matter, The Mayor further stat- ed that if necessary he was instructed to call a special meeting of the Mayors, and when some decision had been reached, the mat= ter would be brought before the Council for their action in the matter . Letter from the American Society for Public Administration, San i Diego Chapter,- announcing a -seminar to be held on January 31, 195'8, at the San Diego State College. The Council asked that Ca.rlsbad be represented at this meeting. c) Letter from the Oceanside-Carlsbad High School and College District dated January 16, 1958, stating that they would be pleased. to cooperate with the adjacent property owners in im- . proving: the streets, sidewalks and curbs on property owned by them in Carlsbad, whenever the property owners introduce such a program, but they would hesitate to initiate such action. They further stated they would appreciate action. concerning the development of the intersection of Monroe and Chestnut. d) Letter dated January 17, 1958, from Jean L. Vincenz, Director of the Department.of Public Works addressed to the City Mana- i ger, st,ating that he was forwarding his letter of January 9, 1958, concerning the Carlsbad dump, to the Board of Supervisors for reference in connection with their review of the Fisdal year 19158-59 Budget request of the Public Works Department, and was certain the Board of Supervisors would give his suggestions due consideration. 5." ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: The Manager informed the Council that members; of the building committee of St . $fichaells .Episcopal Church were present and wished to discuss the moving of the Church building and the two adjoinhg buildings.. MR. RAYMOND EDE was present and introduced some of the members' of the building committee. He stated that they wished to move' the church building and the two adjoining buildings to their new site, in qrder to sell- the present site for additional rev- -enue to build .their new church. Mr. Ede pointed out that 'this church was over 60 years oZd and was the oldest church in the community; that many families in the community had been bap- tised and married in this church and therefore they wished to made in1 February of 1957, and after due consideration it was conc1ud:ed that the buildings could not be moved without bring- ing them up to the standards of the building code. The church had hired an architect to look into the matter and it was de- cided that the cost would be too great to bring all of these buildings -up to standard. At this time they wished to request that they be allowed to move all three buildings; that the church be placed on the back of the property with a minimum of repair, and the other two buildings would be brought up to standarld. Their intention was to preserve the church building and it would only be used for small gatherings such as chris- tenings and-weddings, and the other buildings would be repaired and used until such time as they could warrant new buildings being bwilt. It was the mutual feeling of the Council that buildings like this chuich which have a historical background should be pre- served and asked the City Attorney what could be done in this instance. The City Attorney suggested that an ordinance be adopted1 that would take care of moving these buildings with an 'historical background so that these rold buildings could be pre- served, with certain conditions attached. After considerable discussion, it was moved by Cmn. Robinson that thle City Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance for the Council's consideration allowing certain historical buildings to be moved, subject to certain restrictions being placed upon'them. Seconded by Cmn. Helton. All ayes, motion c arr ied! . -preserve the building. An inspection of the buildings had been ' 6- DEPARTMENT AND COMN~SSION REPORTS: a) Planning. I* 7 Seacrest Estates - Entrance Gate. The City Engineer in- formed the Council that his department had ehecked with the City -of San Diego and the City' of Oceanside and found that they dct allow encroachment permits for entrance gates on pri- vate property, but the permit provides that the City is not liable in any way. It was suggested that the City in allowing these permits ask for a deed to this land where the structure (Gj I -gJ d 0 & -Q. 5 I is and the Clty maintain the structure. That way the structure could be removed at any time, because in years to come the City would lose the identity of the owner. .The cost of the mainten- ance of the structure would be handled =like other rights-of-way, 'The City Attorney ,suggested that before the City accepts any deed for these structures and land, they should approve a state- ment of policy, After considerable discussion, the Council agreed that the City Manager be instructed to submit a statement of policy in relation to these structures. 3) Community Center Building. The Council was informed that the Planning Commission had agreed to set the public hearings for the adoption of a Civic Center Master Plan, which would include the Community Center building, * The dates set for the hearings are February 3, 1958, and February 11, 1958. The Commission had ,also discussed retaining an architect to advise them on the placement of buildings and drafting of preliminary'sketches of the plan. Cmn. Robinson moved that the City Manager be instruct- . ed to contact several architectural firms in order to select one that might carry out the Woman's Club proposal, Seconded by Cmn. Ledgerwood, All ayes, motion carried, Cmn, Ledgerwood moved that the City Manager be authorized to select an architect to ^carry out. these preliminary plans, Seconded by Cmn. Iielton, All ayes, motion carried. . Y:~:,F c .. b) Engineering. 1. BID OPENING - Sewer System McKinley Street, The Mayor an- nounced that the hour of 7:30 P. M, 'had. arrived, and this was the time and place fixed for the opening of sealed bids or proposals 'for certain sanitary sewer work on McKinley Street, bet-ween Pine Avenue and Basswood Avenue, The Clerk advised the Council that up to the hour of 7;30 P. M. three sealed bids or proposals had been delivered to him and filed in his .office. The Clerk pre- sented the bids or proposals to the City Council and the City Council in open session publicly opened, examined and declared the bids or proposals as follows: DON HUBBARD . . . , Encinitas . . . , . . $ 2,283..00 WEl. T. CARROL . . . San Diego . , . . . . . 3,256.60 LEO I~LLIAHS . . , Carlsbad , , , . . . . 2,307.50 The bids or proposals were referred. to the City Engineer and City Attorney for their report at the next meeting. 2, Pine Avenue Sewer - 1911 Act - Award of Contract. Reports from the City Bngineer and the City Attorney declaring the bid re- ceived from Don Hubbard, Encinitas, as the lowest responsible bidder, were' read. Proposed Resolution No. 332 was presented to the Council -for their review, awarding contract for work or im- Assessment District Eo, 3-1957. Cmn. Ledgerwood moved that Reso= lu~tion No. 33-2. be adopted. Seconded by Cmn, Helton, Four ayes, Cmn, Baird absent, Resolution No, '332 adopted. . provement ordered by Resolution No, 321 of said City Council, 3. Ornamental Street Lights. Elm Avenue. 1911 Act, The City At- torney explained to the members of the Council that if a petition is signed by more than 6056 of the property owners, that the debt limitations- Act can be waived. The City Engineer stated he had checked the petition received for ornamental street lights on Elm Avenue, under 'the 1911 Act, and that the^ petition contained I ! 66-2/3$ of the property owners in the area. Proposed Resolution . No. 333 was presented to the Council for their review, directing preparation of plans and specifications and designating Engineer to prepare plans. Cmn, Ledgerwood moved that Resolution No. 333 be adopted: Seconded by Cmn. Helton. Four ayes, Cmn. Baird ab- sent, Resolution No, 333 adopted. 4. Brochure on Street Improvements, At the meeting of January 7, 1958, the Council had instructed the City Manager to report back to the Council at the meeting of January 21st as to the cost of having a brochure printed giving general information to all property owners in relation to street improvements. The City .Manager informed the Council that the cost would be $89.90 to have 2000 printed. Cmn, Robinson moved that brochures be pre- pared- and printed so t.hat they can be distributed as soon as possible, Seconded by Cmn. Helton, All ayes, motion carried. 1 5. Terramar Water Coo - Acquisition Report. Pursuant to the Councilrs request for the administrative staff to pursue vari- ous methlods of acquisition by which the City could acquire the Terramar Water Coo , , a memorandum from the City Manager was read wherein he set forth certain items of consideration. The City Attorney stated that the staff had modified their think- ing because Mr. Ecke was very concerned about sufficient water for his flower business; he felt that if he were to become a customer of the City or the Municipal that in case of a short- age he would be cut off because pr.iority would be given to do- mestic users first. It was pointed out 'there was a time limit on these negotiations because of the owners of the Terramar mission in February, 1958, Pt was suggested that a committee be appointed to include the City Attorney, City Manager, City Engineer and two of the me" bers of the Council, to meet with the owners of the water com- pany and report back to the Council. Cmn. Robinson moved that the City Manager, City Attorney, City Engineer and members of the Council be authorized to proceed with the -matter, and make arrangemsnts'with the owners to further negotiations on the purchase of the Terramar Water Company. Seconded by Cmn, Hel- ton. All ayes, motion 'carried. A short recess was declared by the Mayor. The Councdl recon- vened at 9:lO P. M. . Water Colmpany having to appear before the Public Utilities Com- c) Parks and 'Recreation. 1. Proposal to acquire portion'of How Eucalyptus Grove. The Manager stated that he had contacted Mr. Crowley of the firm of Richard Graves in Los Angeies, regarding purchasing portion of the Hosp Grove. He presented a map to the Council showing an area of a portion of the grove consisting of approximately 120 acres of the .least valuable property. The Engineering De- partment had been instructed to stake out this portion of the grove and should be completed by the end of the week. It .was pointed out that this portion would cost approximately $120,.000; 'the le'ase consideration would 'be approxilnately $$O,OOO pe-r year; and thqt a minimum of $6,000 per year would have to be set' aside over a period of '20 years in order to purehase this portion. After considerable discussion, by com- mon consent. it was agreed that the matter be referred to the Park and Recreation Commission for their report, d). Harb-or. 1. ProDosal to acauire land for harbor at Agua Hedionda La- pooq - re~ort. The Council was informed that a meeting was held in San Diego with the San Diego Gas and Electric Co. In atten,dance were officials of the San Diego Gas and Electric Coo and the City Manager, City Clerk and Mr. Patterson. Dis- cussions repolved around the recommendations of' the Patterson Report. The main concern of the San Diego Gas and Electric Co. was the reservation of an additional power plant site east of the free.wag; they stated they would be against any plan- that would interfere with this. The Harbor Commission had held a meeting .with the other property owners and Mr. Patterson ex- plained ,why the acquisition of their property was necessary. Schwabac:kdr b Coo had agreed to make a report on revenue bonds and gerwral obligation bonds in relation to harbors, which would include the success and failure of these bonds through- out the 'United States. It was also pointed out that the meet- ing requested by the Harbor Commission of the State Small Craft Harbor Gommission with Federal and State- agencies, had tenta- tively been set for the piddle of February, 2, Appo.Lntment of Harbor Commissioner. Mayor Castorena in- formed tlhe Council that-he would like to submit the name of Col. Dun:ne for reappointment to the Harbor Commission for a term of :four years. Cmn. Robinson moved that Col. Dunne be : reappointed to the Harbor Commission for a term of 4 years, commencing January 1, 1958, and ending January 1, 1962. Second- ed by Cmn. Ledgerwood. All ayes,, motiqn carried. D e) Fire. I 7- Aj fa F-4 tsa Q e 2 a) I ,c) 8- a) I 9- e 31 1. Proposal to install automatic Fire Detection equipment, The Council was informed that Carlsbad by the Sea had made a request to install a detector system in the Carlsbad Fire Department, which, in case of fire, would set off an alarm in the Fire Department as well as their place of business. After considering the matter it was felt by the administra- .tion'that it would be best if the City purchased this panel, which would accommodate ten circuits, and lease one circuit ,to them for $75.00 plus $9O,OO for the installation, making a total of $1.65.00. In this way other circuits could be leased to othe&usinesses. The cost of this panel would be $753.63. Within the next three years if the City installed a public fire alarm system the total purchase price of this panel could be applied towards the fire alarm system. After considerable discussion, the City Manager was authorized to" expend such funds for the purchase of this panel.- OLD BUSINESS: Resolution of Intention-to Modify Retirement Contract. Resos lution No. 334 was presented to the Council 'for their review, to modify the retirement contract, whereby the City employees, if they choose, could have Social-Security and their retire- ment combined, Cmn, Robinson moved that Resolution No, 334 be adopted, to approve an amendment to the contract between the Board of Administration of the State Employees? Retire- ment System and the City Council of the City of Carlsbad. Seconded by Cmn. Ledgerwood. Four ayes, Cmn. Baird absent, Resolution No. 334 adopted. Bids for bril Election. At the meeting of December 24, 1957, the Council had authorized the City'Clerk to ask for bids to handle .the municipal election in April, 1958, as a firm bid had been received from Martin and Chapman in the amount of $443.00, The Council was informed that the only bid that had been received by the City Clerk was the bid of Martin and Chapman, and that this bid was approximately $150.00 low- er than the fee charged by Duane Uheeler @ eo. for the last municipal election. It was moved by Cmn. Helton and seconded by Cmn. Ledgerwood that the bid of Martin and Chapman be ac- cepted to handle the April municipal election, A11 ayes, mo- tion .carried. The Council asked the City Attorney the latest date for in- serting any measure on the April election. The City Attorney stated that February 1.3, 1958, would be the latest date. NEW BUSINESS: Oak Avenue Sewer 0 1911 Act. It was pointed out to the Coun- cil that the legal descriptions used by Byrl Phelpst office on the assessment roll for the Oak Avenue sewer had been in- adequate for the bonding agency and that a new assessment roll had been submitted by Phelps? office correcting these errors. The City Attorney explained that by law they were permitted to make clerical errors. Resolution No. 335 cor- recting clerical errors in Assessnent Roll No. 1-1957 was presented to the Council for their review. It was moved by Councilman Helton and seconded by Cmn. Ledgerwood that Reso- lution No. 335 be adopted. Four ayes, Cmn. Baird absent, Resolution No. 335 adopted. PAYMENT OF BILLS- - RATIFICATION OF PAYROLL: Cmn, Robinson moved authorization of payment of bills from January 8, 1958, to Januaryi.21, 1958, in the amount of $5,746.28, as certified by the Director of Finance and ap- proved by the Auditing Committee. Seconded by Cmn. Helton. All ayes, motion carried. Cmn. Robinson moved ratification of the payroll for the first half of January, 1958, in the amount of $8,743.33 as certified by the Director of Finance and approved by the Aud- iting Committee. Seconded by Cmn. Helton. All ayes, motion carried.. , i 3.0- ADJOURNMENT : By proper motion the meeting was adjourned at 9 :SO P. M. Respectfully submitted, A .Deputy City Clerk ""~"~,".~"""~""""""""" b MINUTEO_FREGULAR MEETING OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL Pebruars 4, 19% 1- The mee!ting was called to order at 7:OO P. M. by Mayor Casto- renar Present besides the Mayor were Councilmen Ledgerwood, Robinson and Helton; City Manager Nelson, City Attorney Smith, and City Engineer Kubota. 2- Invocation was offered by Rev. Brokenshire of the Carlsbad Union Church. 3- It was moved by Cmn. Ledgerwood and seconded by Cmn. Robinson that the minutes of January 21, 19.58, be. approved as submitted. All ayes, motion carried. 4- 0 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: - a) Request, for sewer easement' - Mr. and Mrs. Strause. Letter dated February 3, 1958 to the City Council from Mr. and Mrs. Strause! of 3291 Highland Drive, requesting permission to con- nect to sewer line on McKinley through a private easement at such time as the sewers on McKinley are put in. They further stated that the present sanitary system is in good repair but that thle property can no longer handle the drainage load, and the property had been inspected by the Health Officer; the former owner had attempted to form an improvement district for Highland, but was unsuccessful, and that the former owner had granted. to the Strausets an easement to tfe in on the McKidey sewer. The City Engineer stated that there were Chree houses on High- land which set down low and in his opinion it would not be feasible to connect to Highland, and because of the health problem it was desirable that the Strauses be allowed to con- nect to1 the McKinley sewer line. After considerable discussion it was moved by Cmn. Ledgerwood and seconded by Cmn. Robinson that the Strauses be granted a permit to connect via an easement to the McKinley sewer line. All ayes, motion carried. b) Letter dated January 22, 1958, from Tracy J. Priest, Attorney for Mrs. Thomas J. Casey. Mr. Priest stated that he and Mrs. Casey h.ad attended the meeting. of the Harbor Coymission and heard the discussion of the Patterson plan and learned that the Harbor Commission had recommended to the City Council that the bond? issue be submitted to the voters of the City. on the April b'allot. He further stated that Mrs. Casey does not ob- ject to the development of the Lagoon as a +all boat harbor and recreation facility, but does object and protest the method of such. development as contained in the Patterson plan. The Council asked that the letter be filed. c) Letter dated January 28, 1958, from the Department,of Public Morks, State of California, setting forth.-.the 1958-59 estimate of 5/8ths cent gas tax fund for the City of Carlsbad at $2.95 per capita as $20,540.00, based upon a population of 6,963. Letter dated January 28, 1958, from the Department of Public Works, State of California, stating that the quarterly allo- cation of gas tax funds to the City of Carlsbad for the period ending December 31; 1957, is $5,338.28, based on a population of 6,963. d) ReDort on need for Civil Defense Coordinator - So Do Countv Board of Supervisors. Letter dated January 30, 1958, ad- dressed to Mayor Castorena from the Board of Supervisors